[Assam] Naga attacks on Assam

[Chan Mahanta]

>Hopefully we don't hear statements like "have to maintain age old 
>brotherly relations"


*** Why? Is it subversive? Uncivilized?


>A brother who harms   you and threatens your existence is no longer a brother.

*** But what if your parents have inculcated that sibling enmity, by 
their acts of commission or omission?  Should you, who is able to 
reason ( hopefully that is), go seek an eye for an eye?

>A strong border protection force is needed to save Assam from these 
>marauders.

**** That does make me feel good. Perhaps BSF would be a good 
candidate, considering their flawless performance along the B'desh 
border. Or better still it should be that two hundred thousand strong 
Indian army in Assam in charge of ULFA hunting  -- no make that PC 
Ram rescuing.  They ought to be able to do it, like they are, again, 
at  the B'desh border or at Baksa.

But then again, I wonder, if mouthing off inanities as a substitute 
for 'kando-gyan',  a hallmark of 'adhakhunda'  Indian intellectualism.







At 9:06 AM +0800 7/7/07, Jyotirmoy Sharma wrote:
>Has the CM left the US? The seriousness of this issue should be 
>highlighted to him.
>We should celebrate or dance to Zubeen Garg's music but at the same 
>time think of the people who are falling victims to Naga crimes.
>Hopefully we don't hear statements like "have to maintain age old
>brotherly relations" and forget about this issue. A brother who harms
>you and threatens your existence is no longer a brother.
>A strong border protection force is needed to save Assam from these
>marauders. An indefinite road blockage of Nagaland through Assam is a 
>good step in this direction.
>
>JS
>
>  From Assam Tribune Ediorial
>
>Criminal, Cowardly
>Armed Naga marauders are in a habit of attacking villages in upper 
>Asom because they know it well how ill-equipped the Asom police is in 
>pushing them back to Nagaland, and how well-equipped and powerful 
>they indeed are in comparison to the Asom police - backed as they are 
>by the NSCN(I-M). Thursday's attack on the three villages - Sonapur, 
>Dhekiajuri and Borholla - under Geleki police station in Sivasagar 
>district is in fact a pointer to the increasing confidence of the 
>Naga encroachers who are hell-bent on realizing the dream of a 
>greater Nagaland. The inspiration for that comes from the NSCN(I-M) 
>that still believes that the Government of India would finally 
>concede to its demand for a greater Nagaland comprising large areas 
>of Asom, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. So as the Naga marauders 
>attack villages in Asom in a criminal and cowardly show of strength, 
>they know the kind of homework they are doing at the behest of Naga 
>militants who are otherwise said to be in a ceasefire mode with the 
>Government of India - and hence who are expected to follow the 
>ceasefire guidelines.
>The commanding officer of the 1st Assam Police Battalion based at 
>Ligeripukhuri in Sivasagar district, A Kuddus, has been quoted as 
>saying that Thursday's carnage by the Nagas in the three villages of 
>the district was a ''planned'' one. Two questions are in order, then. 
>If the Nagas are so given to carrying out ''planned'' attacks in 
>upper Asom - instances galore - what stops the Asom police from 
>planning a strategy, rightly contributed to by intelligence inputs, 
>to counter the Naga design in full might? Its lack of training and 
>expertise in dealing with such situations? Its stock of outdated 
>arsenal? Or is it that the Asom police is afraid of confronting the 
>Naga encroachers and their inspiration - the NSCN(I-M)? Secondly, and 
>this follows from the first, what then stops the Asom Government from 
>readying a police force capable of protecting the defenceless 
>villagers in the areas in the State bordering Nagaland? A diversion 
>to the security of the ordinary masses from the security at the 
>disposal of our ministers - the so-called VVIPs with red lights atop 
>their cars followed by a cavalcade well beyond anyone's imagination 
>in a functioning democracy - may contribute a bit towards ensuring 
>safety to ordinary lives in the areas in question.
>Equally important is the fact that the Asomiyas, who have full faith 
>in the Constitution of India, are being left at the mercy of the 
>ULFA's terror tactics, the illegal Bangladeshis who have even 
>encroached on the sattra land, and the Nagas now who are out to grab 
>the land of innocent villagers in the State by terrorizing them. Is 
>the Consitution then protecting us? More important, does Asom's most 
>powerful 'representative', Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, realize 
>the gravity of the situation in his 'adopted' State? Let him now 
>prove his commitment to the people of Asom!
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